Guy Tel-Zur's Blog

Remember the Canonical Commutation Relation (Commutator) from Physics courses? Let's implement it on our two favorite terms: [Grids, Clouds] = Grids*Clouds-Clouds*Grids ≠ 0 This means that we can build Grids of Clouds and we can build Clouds of Grids and the final outcome will be different…. …So Distributed Computing exhibits Quantum and not Classical behavior :) In the near future we will see Clouds connected into a Grid and Grids that are implemented on top of a Cloud .

Following OnLive at GDC and others I would like to suggest the term GaaS to stand for Game as a Service . GaaS represents streaming games services that are delivered to end-users (with thin clients) by a Cloud Computing infastructure. Charging can be done according to a Pay-Per-Use model.

Israeli association for Grid Technologies (IGT) Cloud Investment Summit for Virtualization and Cloud/SaaS Based startups June 1st, 2009 Tel Aviv , Israel Innovate Faster with Cloud Computing Thanks to Cloud computing, the time it takes to bring a new product idea to market is shorter than ever before. Cloud computing helps startups to reduce the time and the cost to set-up and run R&D infrastructures. The immediate availability of unlimited computer resources expands the industry scope of R&D capabilities and improving the productivity and the profitability of the industry. Call for Startups Do you want to present your start-up to investors and CIOs? For 5 minutes the floor could be all yours. Impress the press, wow your audience and secure your investment! We want the best startups, so if you're working on something spectacular in the Cloud, Grid, Virtualization or SaaS, the floor can be yours. T...

After Gmail failure a few days ago, this is a red light warning to the Cloud Computing model that this technology is still not mature enough.

Monday, March 23 rd , 2009 IGT Offices, Maskit 4, 5th Floor, Hertzliya. 14:00-14:15: Gathering 14:15-14:30: Opening - Avner & Guy 14:30-15:25: Introduction to Intel Threading Tools 15:25-15:35: Coffee Break 15:35-16:25: ExaStore® Clustered NAS System 16:25-16:35: Discussion and concluding remarks Detailed Agenda: 14:30-15:25: Introduction to Intel Threading Tools Speaker: Dr. Ami Marowka, Department of Computer Science Bar-Ilan University Abstract Intel Threading tools, Thread Profiler and Thread Checker , allow performing correctness and performance checking on multi-threaded applications running on multicore systems. The parallelization method may be based on POSIX, Windows Threads, or on OpenMP. Thread Profiler is the tool which identifies bottlenecks that limit the parallel performance of your multi-threaded application, locates synchronization delays, stalled threads, excessive blocking time, and ineffective utilization...

Maple Workshop - Grid Computing Toolbox Monday, February 23 rd , 2009 14:00 - 17:00 IGT Offices, Maskit 4, 5th Floor, Hertzliya. 14:15-14:30: Opening - Avner & Guy 14:30-15:45: Maple – Part 1, Introduction to Maple 15:45-16:00: Coffee Break 16:00-17:00: Maple – Part 2, Maplesoft Parallel and Grid Computing Toolbox Detailed Agenda: 14:30-15:45: Maple – Part 1: Introduction to Maple Speaker: Omer Yagel, DigiSec LTD Abstract An Introduction to Maple 12 lecture Q&A Lecture's Content Easy start The document interface principles A brief on clickable math Efficient use of the help The Maple philosophy for efficient use Symbolism ODEs Integrals Matrices Naming the many other areas I have no time to show (graph theory, tensor calc...) Numerics Precision ODEs Matrices Internal NAG routines Graphics ...

I enjoyed attending the event which took place today at Tel Aviv University. It was encouraging to see the Bar-Shira Auditorium full of young people interested in Web Services and Cloud Computing. Enclosed 2 photos of Martin Buhr who gave a clear and interesting presentation about AWS.